World English Bible
Judges 4:3
“The children of Israel cried to Yahweh: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.”
Verse in context — Judges 4
1
The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, when Ehud was dead.
2
Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3
The children of Israel cried to Yahweh: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5
She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
About Judges
A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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